Sounds | Grace Bowers & The Hodge Podge - Wine On Venus

Grace Bowers is HOT en dat mag, na de V.S., nu ook de wereld geweten hebben. Wanneer zelfs de collega's van Dansende Beren over haar schrijven, dan moet het toch wel héél sterk zijn? Net als een goede wijn die even mag liggen alvorens de smaak helemaal tot haar recht komt, nemen Bowers en haar Hodge Podge rustig de tijd om deze soulvolle song te laten openbloeien. Zangeres Esther Okai-Tetteh en keyboarder Joshua Blaylock mogen de trip naar Venus op gang trekken en doen dat beide subliem. Grace weeft zich er gracieus tussen alvorens ze een solo inzet waarop zowel Clapton als Bonamassa jaloers zouden zijn. Net als beide blueslegendes laat het jonge megatalent de noten vol gevoel vloeien, laat ze de noten ademen en zweven. Het zou me niet verbazen als we haar één van de komende jaren op het Crossroads Guitar Festival en/of Keeping the Blues Alive at Sea zien opduiken.

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Additionally, of the title track, she reflects, “My nana was 100 years old when she passed away last year. She would always tell me that when she died, she would be drinking wine on Venus. She was a little eccentric but thought that was just something so cool. When she passed, I wrote a song about it.” 

Originally from the Bay Area and now calling Nashville home, Bowers began garnering attention after sharing videos of herself playing guitar on social media during the pandemic. In the years since, she’s been featured on “CBS Mornings” in a piece focused on a new wave of young female guitarists, performed alongside Dolly Parton as part of her Pet Gala special on CBS, joined Lainey Wilson as part of CBS’ New Year’s Eve Live celebration, performed as part of the “Men’s Final Four Tip-Off Tailgate Presented by Nissan” and been sought after by everyone from Devon Allman to Tyler Childers and Susan Tedeshi to Kingfish. Of her 2023 Newport Folk Festival debut, Rolling Stone declared, “Her 20-minute performance gave the distinct sense that everyone lucky enough to have attended was witnessing a star in the making,” while The Tennessean calls her “a 17 year old Blues guitar prodigy,” with a, “heart as big as her talent is vast.” 

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